Post B3AoP8oS1tSpKJBAyu by svavar@masto.svavar.com
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(DIR) Post #B3Ah25vPtsgc1zV7B2 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-10T07:38:02Z
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PS. With all the Discord stuff, in case you wonder why you never see me promoting Matrix, it’s not because it’s a usability nightmare (which it is) but because it’s made by the kind of people who’d be happy to call ICE a client. @element https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element/110340953550548309
(DIR) Post #B3AhHCKGNuiSE6KAr2 by fuckfetish@fuckaas.space
2026-02-10T07:39:54Z
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@aral @element ew, what the fuck? thank you for sharing. do you have any good ideas for alternatives?
(DIR) Post #B3AhT444vP5W52PdoG by prolrage@todon.nl
2026-02-10T07:42:46Z
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@aral and even worse. https://todon.nl/@prolrage/113673379589154244
(DIR) Post #B3Ahs0WDFMCOJzSwIi by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-10T07:47:26Z
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@fuckfetish @element There used to be Mattermost but I just took a look at their site and it looks like they’ve gone full “military fuck yeah”.This is what happens when people believe the “we care about human rights blah blah” bullshit of open source enterprise software corporations. The hint’s in “enterprise software” – that’s that they’re about, nothing else.
(DIR) Post #B3Ahw1aPDeVKn6LIuG by zzt@mas.to
2026-02-10T07:47:56Z
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@aral @element “no, there are no backdoors” is rich coming from the protocol whose previous end-to-end encryption implementation was effectively a no-op and whose current implementation leaks almost every bit of message metadata and is notoriously unreliable on top of it
(DIR) Post #B3Ai4V5PQGFYbHsycS by element@mastodon.matrix.org
2026-02-10T07:49:37Z
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@aral This is not the case. See https://element.io/en/legal/ethics for the public ethics policy of who we sell to.
(DIR) Post #B3AnghkdHaR8efCj2W by beardalaxy@gameliberty.club
2026-02-10T08:53:12Z
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@aral @element sounds like a pretty good endorsement if you ask me
(DIR) Post #B3AnjCGAp5Adr595aC by sun@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T08:53:40.086355Z
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@aral @element I don’t care who makes it but I won’t give them money
(DIR) Post #B3AnoWC08nuh7hjPtY by aronkvh@mograph.social
2026-02-10T08:53:36Z
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@aral no?
(DIR) Post #B3Anrv6zwqHfHI0ttI by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-02-10T08:55:12.844911Z
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> i'm gonna use corporate platforms because somebody in open source associates with people i don't likepeak society moment
(DIR) Post #B3AnuVqwJi6No6jqiG by sun@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T08:55:43.073985Z
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@icedquinn wow aral got old
(DIR) Post #B3Ao1Mh2lpiJQUNRnE by Ree@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T08:56:57.187243Z
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@sun @aral @element f in foss doesn't stand for fascism this guy is smoking crack. I don't think I'll find it either
(DIR) Post #B3Ao9aGmB5jdqi0fei by Ree@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T08:58:26.144238Z
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@sun @icedquinn who the fuck is this guy
(DIR) Post #B3Ao9fRExc4nsbwbA0 by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-02-10T08:58:25.434535Z
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@sun things like this are why i no longer care about saving anyone. they will literally side with venture capital buying out their testicles on the organ market to get away from some autist with wrong opinions
(DIR) Post #B3AoCuV5PtaFSkI0Yq by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-02-10T08:59:01.281469Z
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@sun i say this as someone who implemented and hates matrix :cat_sad: xmpp gang
(DIR) Post #B3AoP8oS1tSpKJBAyu by svavar@masto.svavar.com
2026-02-10T09:00:36Z
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@aral @element I suppose in order to care about usability you have to care about people.
(DIR) Post #B3Aoiu2Ig7PpI0528m by Ree@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T09:04:48.135169Z
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@icedquinn @sun I think if I made something cool I wouldn't sell out and it will die with me
(DIR) Post #B3AooDWpdKK9BxtYuG by Ree@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T09:05:46.866581Z
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@icedquinn @sun the only way I'd sell a good Internet product they would have to pay me the national debt
(DIR) Post #B3ApYWJI8UOIlMdmtc by mrsaturday@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T09:14:09.252614Z
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@aral @element You're right. It means free, as in freedom, as it free to disagree with Aral Balkan and still use that software.Take a look in the mirror.
(DIR) Post #B3ApfpJzqn7TkjSFO4 by sun@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T09:15:28.071334Z
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@mrsaturday @aral @element pro tip if you use a computer you assent to human slavery in manufacturing if you think about it for like a second
(DIR) Post #B3ApgTgNmynGvkEgpk by Ree@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T09:15:35.489304Z
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@mrsaturday @aral @element waiting for aral be on the Epstein files
(DIR) Post #B3ApnPPw2t8TjFqctc by Ree@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T09:16:48.891091Z
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@sun @mrsaturday @aral @element if you drink water at one time Hitler drank water
(DIR) Post #B3AqF4FcKquCBtD6Po by mrsaturday@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T09:21:50.638545Z
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@sun @aral @element The Foxconn nets are part of their employee enrichment campaign, where they turned the side of the building into a makeshift playground. Few know this
(DIR) Post #B3AqWfBQH6nreodeqW by sun@shitposter.world
2026-02-10T09:25:01.267878Z
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@mrsaturday @aral @element nice meme bro but who mined your rare earth metals
(DIR) Post #B3Ar6whQcximPLuTTM by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-10T09:30:57Z
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@element Bro, this you? Don’t piss in my face and tell me it’s raining.
(DIR) Post #B3ArBHxLXNHzUcQU88 by ahltorp@mastodon.nu
2026-02-10T09:20:54Z
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@aral Note how @element is not saying what ”is not the case”, while linking to a page clearly and explicitly stating that they’re selling to ”police”.
(DIR) Post #B3ArFUb2U1Wjr0zr60 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-10T09:31:32Z
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@ahltorp @element Oh it’s ok, they only sell to white fascists apparently.
(DIR) Post #B3ArLAMgcHCMqQzMau by zzt@mas.to
2026-02-10T08:30:05Z
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@element @aral this is just a page that says “unable to decrypt message”more seriously, instead of giving a generic “this is not the case” in response to aral’s post that included receipts of the partnerships you’ve entered, are you able to confirm in writing that you will not provide services or technology to ICE or its affiliates? if one of the American police departments you have partnered with has become affiliated with ICE, have you done anything to end that partnership?
(DIR) Post #B3ArLBnfHSNBIOcQHg by zzt@mas.to
2026-02-10T08:36:54Z
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@element @aral in the context that these are public institutions and that you’ve been very public in supporting them with partnerships and technology: are you able to show me a case where an organization you partnered with violated items #5 or #6 in the link you posted and forced you to end the partnership?
(DIR) Post #B3ArLCfY37TTzVpSGu by zzt@mas.to
2026-02-10T09:01:19Z
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@element @aral come on guys, I gave you such a softball with this one. I didn’t even talk about how your stated ethics are neoliberal claptrap desperately searching for a non-paradoxical definition of a good cop who can never exist.all you gotta do is tell us explicitly you won’t work with ICE and give us an example of the consequences for a public institution that violated your ethics policy.yes you can share that exact information; you’re receiving public money for your services.
(DIR) Post #B3As04baw1yEr3T4uu by kravietz@agora.echelon.pl
2026-02-10T09:34:32.741280Z
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@aral What is exactly your problem here? Matrix is an encrypted messaging standard - as a maintainer of an Internet standard quite natural to sell consulting services to commercial clients, including your government. This is exactly the same case with HTTP or SMTP, which are widely used by governments and law enforcement, so why single out IM?@element
(DIR) Post #B3As05mcYWNuVXdOk4 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-10T09:40:54Z
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@kravietz @element Yeah, the path to fascism is paved with one “quite natural” after another.
(DIR) Post #B3AslpLgxfclRBngie by kaosk@mastodon.social
2026-02-10T09:49:28Z
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@aral this looks like a promising solution that might work for some people https://peergos.org/I haven't fully research it fully but might test it soon.
(DIR) Post #B3AtzYUCYN7N9AtHJQ by ml@social.mitexleo.one
2026-02-10T10:02:19Z
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@aral @fuckfetish @element Zulip is a better alternative.
(DIR) Post #B3AweM8tYFQoe3VXiS by mpsi@toot.lv
2026-02-10T10:30:44Z
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@aral Your position implies that the police is an enemy and that states shouldn't have any kind of law enforcement called "police". But can you pledge that you will never, ever call the police, nor expect any police intervention or involvement, no matter what?States are human super-organisms and their existence is both necessary and unavoidable in our world. And states need a police force to be effective. @element
(DIR) Post #B3AzirI9ypjSH3gDR2 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-10T11:07:28Z
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@mpsi @element Yes, abolish the police. I don’t see a problem with that. We don’t need a slave patrol derived institution that protects the interests of the uber rich. Imagine other possibilities, it’s not either/or.
(DIR) Post #B3B0PVmjolD61YJyAy by kravietz@agora.echelon.pl
2026-02-10T09:41:22.591008Z
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@aralDon’t you think you’ve gone a bit too far with your chain of extrapolated fallacies? You’ve build a whole chain of hype that goes from “we offer paid consulting to corporate clients including governments” through “we sell to ICE” up to “we only sell to white fascists”. Since Matrix is mostly used by edu in Germany and gov in France, how did you make this “white fascist” extrapolation, granted that plenty of government officials in Europe are black or of other non-white origin, e.g. minister Sarah El Haïry, Rima Abdul Malak or Fadila Khattabi in France?@ahltorp @element
(DIR) Post #B3B0S19SAYTjst8nbM by couscous@mamot.fr
2026-02-10T10:21:09Z
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@kravietz I'm french, and I wouldn't dare say that our past governments don't love authoritarianism at the very least (the people you mention are tokens, they do not care about their skin color, they help white supremacy anyway because they belong to the same class, and they've had terrible policies), and they drive us right into the hands of fascists...sorry for this example you picked, it doesn't fit I think@aral @element @ahltorp
(DIR) Post #B3B0S2SzHPhLxlHugi by kravietz@agora.echelon.pl
2026-02-10T10:23:14.794950Z
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@couscous Okay but would you say that deploying Matrix to French government is actually “white fascism”? You live under that government, so what would you like to use on daily basis so that it’s not “fascist” - WhatsApp? Telegram? Paper letters?@aral @element @ahltorp
(DIR) Post #B3B1eFgC5160N5qvYG by jherazob@mastodon.ie
2026-02-10T11:29:00Z
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@aral @element Oh for fuck's sake! I hate this timeline!🤦
(DIR) Post #B3B28VRs12KBxvZygC by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-10T11:34:26Z
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@KarlHeinzHasliP @ahltorp @element Depends who you consider to be human, I guess.
(DIR) Post #B3B2CFLVpJ5bBOOAym by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-10T11:35:03Z
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@jherazob @element You and I both, Jaime, you and I both.
(DIR) Post #B3B3IYsaDMuDSLQszY by MisuseCase@twit.social
2026-02-10T11:47:24Z
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@aral @precariousmind @element Hahaha. So next time I see someone putting down Signal and boosting Matrix, I can say “signal isn’t run by fascist bootlickers.”
(DIR) Post #B3B3NS58ulzPp2dh8S by mpsi@toot.lv
2026-02-10T11:48:20Z
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Imagine regaining effective, broadly inclusive democratic control where it was lost (or winning it where it was absent). Then the problem of slave-patrol mentality will be easy to solve. Otherwise, you will end up recreating the same thing under a new name. It's not the name that is the issue, it's the shape of the institution within societies that don't adhere to democratic standards.
(DIR) Post #B3B4cAADupzAY3auLw by nemo@mas.to
2026-02-10T12:02:14Z
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@aral When I read your post I was like… 😬 this will generate a lot of discussion yet still a good post Aral :)SIncerely
(DIR) Post #B3B4nDmsmevMyJwxDE by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2026-02-10T12:04:49.394Z
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@MisuseCase@twit.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al @precariousmind@neopaquita.es @element@mastodon.matrix.org Unfortunately Signal is also ran by fascist bootlickers. As they still refuse to remove proprietary Google code from their official apps.Use XMPP instead.
(DIR) Post #B3B5DSljhnk4xuvVoG by MisuseCase@twit.social
2026-02-10T12:06:53Z
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@SuperDicq @aral @precariousmind @element Help, I’m getting mobbed by anime avatars
(DIR) Post #B3B5DTiECKWvtKIDyq by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2026-02-10T12:09:32.397Z
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@MisuseCase@twit.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al @precariousmind@neopaquita.es @element@mastodon.matrix.org My avatar is a wonderful piece of art drawn by manga artist Hiroshi Seo to promote the free software movement.And what is your avatar supposed to be? xkcd ripoff?
(DIR) Post #B3B5U5gOnB4iHvMJ84 by wizardmanperson@poa.st
2026-02-10T12:12:37.933404Z
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@aral @element doesn't stand for FAGGOT as well, you kike nigger faggot
(DIR) Post #B3B5Y0rodhasVhZMA4 by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2026-02-10T12:13:17.197Z
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@MisuseCase@twit.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al @precariousmind@neopaquita.es @element@mastodon.matrix.org Also nice personal attack. If you don't actually want to refute my point you can just say so or ignore me instead.
(DIR) Post #B3B5fBdL0ZQLvfDZsO by wizardmanperson@poa.st
2026-02-10T12:14:02.900741Z
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@aral @element TELL THEM, BRO! YOU TELL THEM
(DIR) Post #B3B61OjeyZfcw1lZPE by mischievoustomato@tsundere.love
2026-02-10T12:18:37.390975Z
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@sun @aral @element me neither (i don't have money but if i did i'd give it to the conduit and fractal devs)
(DIR) Post #B3B62hC7pZyUTThQsi by HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social
2026-02-10T12:18:51.844793Z
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@MisuseCase @SuperDicq @aral @precariousmind @element many such cases, nigger.
(DIR) Post #B3B6nzvY08S2BPV6kC by Stomata@procial.tchncs.de
2026-02-10T12:27:19.437Z
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@MisuseCase@twit.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al @element@mastodon.matrix.org @precariousmind@neopaquita.es well signal is not something I recommend. After all they use fascist hardware.
(DIR) Post #B3BBB96oQhGR8X3ykq by syrupsplashin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-10T13:15:45Z
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@aral @element I wonder if this is a "we support fascist governments" or "if these idiots will sell useless encrypted data, we'll sell it"? Not immediately clear to me given the small context.
(DIR) Post #B3BDtTVo8G99491Iau by MisuseCase@twit.social
2026-02-10T13:13:24Z
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@Stomata @aral @element @precariousmind What kind of hardware are you posting from?
(DIR) Post #B3BDti5lvLEWHjxDay by Stomata@procial.tchncs.de
2026-02-10T13:46:46.051Z
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@MisuseCase@twit.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al @element@mastodon.matrix.org @precariousmind@neopaquita.es a laptop
(DIR) Post #B3BFbPsF7UgQTi1xQm by MisuseCase@twit.social
2026-02-10T14:00:50Z
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@Stomata @aral @element @precariousmind Who made your laptop? Who made the parts in your laptop?
(DIR) Post #B3BFbf3QgBXnYkNbRw by Stomata@procial.tchncs.de
2026-02-10T14:05:55.189Z
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@MisuseCase@twit.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al @element@mastodon.matrix.org @precariousmind@neopaquita.es let's pay Amazon for our servers!
(DIR) Post #B3BHkw98hUqF5HbL2e by scathach@stereophonic.space
2026-02-10T14:30:06.268230Z
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@icedquinn >Takes ICE money>Gives ICE unable to decrypt message: key could not be foundI don't see the problem here
(DIR) Post #B3BLJROlJRPJid3Lu4 by only_ohm@mas.to
2026-02-10T15:09:13Z
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@element @aral What (if anything) is the use case for Discord/Matrix that can't be done at least as well with an appropriate combination of Signal/Threema and Mastodon?
(DIR) Post #B3BMpVkil8FERaBEoa by newt@stereophonic.space
2026-02-10T15:26:44.939922Z
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@icedquinn oh no wait until he learns who develops Linux and why..
(DIR) Post #B3BPp0JlvrNgoV1c36 by newt@stereophonic.space
2026-02-10T16:00:14.243424Z
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@icedquinn also I'm surprised Aral doesn't mention the connection between Matrix and Jews
(DIR) Post #B3BQNzb8bJ3OiSpbkW by icedquinn@blob.cat
2026-02-10T16:06:48.906278Z
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@newt yeah but you can't throw a rock anywhere in tech without hitting an IDF operator tho
(DIR) Post #B3BQVpiNELcANdxFVA by newt@stereophonic.space
2026-02-10T16:08:01.681498Z
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@icedquinn yeah but it's Aral we're talking about. He's obsessed with Jews and Gaza.
(DIR) Post #B3BTgzOrrPIZT0qHDM by bonifartius@noauthority.social
2026-02-10T16:43:52Z
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@icedquinn > i use the groomer network because some open source thingy sells services to ICEthis is the same mindrot the german journo has who wrote that fascism is worse than cannibalism or diddling kids.
(DIR) Post #B3BxUK96PkNefXLRaK by spinnyspinlock@infosec.exchange
2026-02-10T22:16:59Z
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@aral @element yikesI saw people allude to it but wasn't sure it was this cut and dry.
(DIR) Post #B3By8y0jcH1jtKoLPE by sabrinaweb71@sociale.network
2026-02-10T22:24:23Z
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@element @aral is xmpp a more ethic choice?
(DIR) Post #B3DdREbWx2wNqXoM3k by beaufils@mastodon.social
2026-02-11T17:41:41Z
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@fuckfetish @element @aral Mattermost never was a serious alternative to me mainly because of their license model (shortly said opencore).
(DIR) Post #B3E9CU58Jz902RfTSS by schweinchen_gmbh@mastodon.social
2026-02-11T23:37:42Z
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@aral I am not sure, but after reading the linked message and have a quick look at the statement this reads like A.C.A.B at best. But more like policing is facism innits essence?
(DIR) Post #B3EmQv7kTLUeAtlXqi by joey@stereophonic.space
2026-02-12T06:57:59.051413Z
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@CauseOfBSOD @SuperDicq I asked Signal developers the same question. Still waiting for a reply. I know for sure the apk for "people with special needs" works on a phone without any google services.